Skip to main content
Salad

Chadian Salad

A fresh vegetable salad with tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, red onion, carrot, lemon dressing, olive oil, salt, pepper, and optional parsley or mint.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 10 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Chadian Salad

Timeat least 30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the salad

  1. Combine the tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, red onion, and carrot in a mixing bowl.

  2. Whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl to make a dressing.

  3. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and gently toss to coat.

Marinate and serve

  1. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a lid and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to marinate.

  2. Remove from refrigerator, give a final toss, and transfer to a serving dish.

  3. Garnish with chopped parsley or mint leaves if desired, then serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

276Calories
5 gProtein
14 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Provide juicy body and fresh acidity that mixes with the dressing.
Cucumber
Adds moisture and a crisp, cool texture to the salad.
Red onion
Contributes sharp pungency that mellows during marinating.
Lemon juice
Supplies acidity that brightens the vegetables and seasons the dressing.
Olive oil
Adds fat that carries flavor and coats the vegetables.
Carrot
Adds subtle sweetness and a tender crunch.

The step that matters

Marinating the vegetables. Salt and acid draw moisture out of cucumber and tomato, so the dressing can pool if the salad sits too long. Chilling for at least 30 minutes lets flavors blend while the vegetables stay crisp; a final toss redistributes the dressing before serving.

Swap the parsley

The recipe marks parsley as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, cucumber, onion, pepper, carrot, lemon, olive):

  1. Parsleythe original
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Corianderfits about as well
  4. Dillfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, cucumber, onion, pepper, carrot, lemon, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

You might also like

Tomato SaladTomato Salad179 recipesCarrot SaladCarrot Salad24 recipesChicken SaladChicken Salad623 recipesSalad DressingSalad Dressing491 recipes